Rolling Stock Roster
Current Cars
Taken mostly from the Chicago Transit/Metra Railfan - 'Metra Car Roster' Page (Some information added)
Numbers Type Builder Built Notes
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1-30 MU Coach Nippon-Sharyo 1982-83
31-38 MU Coach Nippon-Sharyo 1982-83 Metra owned
39-44 MU Coach Nippon-Sharyo 1982-83
17,26,41 MU Coach Nippon-Sharyo 1992 replacements
45-48 MU Coach Nippon-Sharyo 1992
11,27,36 MU Coach Nippon-Sharyo 2001 replacements
101-110 MU Coach Nippon-Sharyo 2001 single cab
201-210 Trailer Nippon-Sharyo 1992
301-314 MU Coach Nippon-Sharyo 2008-09 gallery cars
All cars are single level, except cars 301-314 which are bilevel. Cars 301-314 are of a design similar to Metra Electric cars 1201-1226, except have end doors away from the cabs to allow for low level platform loading and unloading.
Original cars 17, 26, 41 were wrecked and replacement cars were built with same numbers. (Cars 11, 27 and 36 have also been replaced.)
All cars owned by Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD), except for cars 31-38 owned by Metra. These two agencies' juristictions end at the Illinois/Indiana state line for this joint interstate operation.
Cars 1-48 have cabs at both ends, cars 101-110 have cabs at one end (odd numbers at east end, even numbers at west end), and trailer cars 201-210 have no cabs. A train must be assembled with a cab at each end. The trailers have pantographs for auxiliary power.
All cars have restrooms except 101-110 and 201-210. All cars have center doors except for trailer cars 201-210. Center doors have high level platform access only, while end doors also have low level platform access available, with manual conductor operation of stairway traps.
(There are no low level steps on the cab end of 100 series cars.)
(Cars 300-314 are operated in separate trains from the single level cars. Even 300 series cars have the cab on the west end, odd 300 series cars have the cab on the east end.)
| Old Cars
Taken directly from the Chicago Transit/Metra Railfan - 'South Shore Line Electric Cars' Page
Numbers Type Builder Built
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1- 15 MU Coach Pullman 1926
16- 25 MU Coach Pullman 1927
26- 39 MU Coach Standard Steel 1929
40 MU Coach Standard Steel 1929
100-109 MU Coach/Baggage Pullman 1926
110 MU Coach/Baggage Pullman 1926
111 MU Coach/Baggage Standard Steel 1929
201-210 Trailer Pullman 1927
211-212 Trailer Pullman 1929
353-354 Trailer Standard Steel 1929
All cars were originally 60 feet long. During the 1940's, cars 11-28, 100-111, and 201-206 were lengthened to 78 feet. Cars
23-28 and 100-111 were also modernized to include air conditioning and picture windows. Cars 40, 110, and 111 had been
rebuilt from cars 213, 10, and 29. Trailer coaches 353 and 354 were rebuilt from parlor cars of the same numbers.
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The Illinois Railway Museum owns retired car numbers 8, 19, 28, 34, 37, and 40.
The East Troy Electric Railroad Museum has retired cars 9, 13, 21 and 30, as well
as cars 24 and 25 which have been converted to dining cars. The East Troy cars have their pantagraphs removed, and were
converted to 600v operation by trolly wire.
The Michigan Transit Museum owns retired car 11 (formerly owned by East Troy).
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